Stephen Curry’s Status For Start Of Playoffs Still Uncertain

Warriors star Stephen Curry continues to make “good progress” in his recovery from a left foot sprain and bone bruise, the team announced today in a press release.

According to the Warriors’ announcement, Curry progressed last week to various individual on-court activities, including shooting and running, and may take part in full team practices this week. His status for Game 1 of Golden State’s first round series vs. Denver this weekend remains up in the air, according to the club.

Curry, who suffered the injury on March 16 vs. Boston, missed the regular season and has long been targeting the start of the playoffs for his return. One source tell Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link) that Curry’s availability for Game 1 on Saturday remains a “close call.”

Speaking today to reporters, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr referred to Curry as “literally day to day” (Twitter link via Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated). Kerr said it’s “essential” that Curry scrimmages at least once before returning to action, per Anthony Slater of The Athletic (Twitter link). The team will scrimmage on Thursday.

If Curry remains sidelined for the start of the Denver series, the Warriors will continue to lean more heavily on Draymond Green and Jordan Poole for play-making, with Poole, Klay Thompson, and Andrew Wiggins shouldering more of the scoring load.

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